Unit Abstract:

Personal health and well being can be directly connected to the community in which you live. However, it is an unfortunate fact that many rural communities lack the ability to provide community or public facilities and or activities to promote physical well being.

This interdisciplinary unit will begin in the classroom with

• Students exploring and examining their personal health choices
• Assessing current fitness goals and ideas
• Researching fitness topics
• Designing a plan of action for a student/community project designed to provide opportunities for fitness, both physical and mental. HE.15, HE.22, HE.27, HE.28, HE.32, HE.38, HE.52, HE.53, HE.55

Grade Level: 9

Subjects: Health, Business, English, Study Skills, Career Education

Learner Outcomes:

• The students will examine and explore personal health choices
• The students will assess current fitness goals and ideas
• The students will research fitness and health topics
• The students will design a community based activity program

This unit is composed of an ongoing series of lessons that suggests teacher discretion. An approximated time would be nine 90 minute class periods, encompassing the subject areas listed above, with the community project being formulated during out of class time with an open ended time frame.

Job/Career Cluster: Health and Human Services

IGOs and Other Standards:

Health (HE)

HE.1 IP,PHW,R,TAD,NPA; HE.15IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.5 IP,PHW,R,TAD,NPA; HE.22IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.23IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.28SD,IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.30IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.32SD,IP,R,TAD,NPA; HE.52PHW; HE.53SD,IP,PHW,R,TAD; HE.54SD,PHW; HE.59SD,IP,PHW,R,TAD,NPA; HE.61SD.IP,PHW,R,TAD,NPA; HE.62SD,IP,PHW,R,TAD; HE.63SD,IP,PHW,R,TAD

Language Arts (LA)

9.31, 9.39, 9.40, 9.41, 9.42, 9.434, 9.444, 9.454, 9.464, 9.474, 9.484, 9.494, 9.50, 9.51, 9.52, 9.591, 9.601, 9.617, 9.621, 9.633, 9.645, 9.652, 9.663, 9.677, 9.682, 9.73, 9.748, 9.75, 9.76, 9.774, 9.82, 9.83, 9.85, 9.92, 9.93, 9.95

Process/Workplace (PW)

2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38

Math (AM)

2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38

Word/Document Processing (DPR)

22, 24, 25, 33

National Standards

Comments: While this unit is geared to 9^th grade IGOs, it is also applicable in grades 10-12.

Created by:

Vicky Davis, vldavis@hotmail.com, Clay County High School

Virginia Shepherd, gini_shepherd@hotmail.com, Clay County High School

Anita Stephenson, astephenson@n2english.com, Clay County High School

Date Created: February 19, 1999

Date Modified:
 
 

Lesson 1	Lesson 2	Lesson 3	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9	Lesson 10

 Rationale:

The purpose of this project is for students to understand the importance of personal wellness. Personal wellness includes knowledge of proper nutrition, understanding that correct exercise is an important part of our daily lives and that mental wellness is just as important as physical. Students will spend time in and out of the classroom setting engaged in discussions with experts, conducting research and writing a report based on findings. (Please note that this is a draft copy of teacher ideas and will be edited to reflect student input and then given to students as the required format.)

 The final product will be a three (3) to five (5) page paper that follows this outline:

1. Introduction
2. Body

1. Time Invested
2. Physical Benefits

1. Nutrition
2. Exercise

1. Mental Benefits

1. Stress Management
2. Peer Pressure

1. Cost Effectiveness
2. Availability/Feasibility
3. Fitness Log/Journal